Episode of Series “Focus”.
FOCUS looks at the difficulties experienced by many migrants in understanding the Anglo-Saxon legal system and investigates the way people are treated at the hands of the law. A Vietnamese man in condemned for killing a dog for consumption and a Lebanese man allegedly is bashed by police.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
016640
Language
English
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Lebanese - Australia
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Vietnamese - Australia
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Social conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Ethnic attitudes
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Law
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Lebanese - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Vietnamese - Australia
Short films → Short films - Australia
Television → Television series
Television → Television series → Television series - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)